headspace

Gosford

headspace Gosford is operated by Central Coast Local Health District.
All headspace centres are funded by the Australian Government Department of Health. Administration of funding is carried out by the headspace centre’s local Primary Health Network, in this case, Hunter New England and Central Coast (HNECC LTD).

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headspace Gosford is located on Mann Street, opposite Gosford Train station. It is a youth friendly free service for young people aged 12-25 years

When you or your parent/carer come to headspace Gosford you will first speak with one of our headspace Client Services Officers, Cathy, Gina, Noni or Amanda. You can make an appointment at that time or phone us.

On your initial appointment you will see one of our Youth Access Team workers. They may then refer you to one of the youth friendly GPs located here at headspace or encourage you to attend your regular GP. If you attend one of our 3 headspace GP's they can also talk with about "what's up" in your life and can refer you to counsellors who are also located at headspace. So that means you don't have to go anywhere else as you can see the headspace Youth Access Team, the doctor and counsellors all at the one place.

Services available

GPs can help with any physical health issues as well as issues related to sexual health, drug or alcohol use, relationship problems or feeling down or upset. Your centre may have a GP on site or links to one locally.

headspace can’t do it all alone, so we partner up with other services who help us offer an integrated range of services to young people at our ycentral site in Gosford.

CC CYPMH has four discreet components which include: Y' Page - the coordinated and integrated 'front end' entry point of CC CYPMH. CAMHS provides a comprehensive mental health service to children and adolescents between 12 - 17 yr olds. A home based, acute and recovery focused, model of care. YPPI (including the recovery program) provides intensive case management for young people (12 - 24 years) presenting with first episode psychosis and less than 2 yr history of symptoms. PPEI team Initiatives include: Parenting, COPMI, School - Link (Primary and Secondary), Suicide Prevention and various research projects.

Brain Mind Institute has a fundamental commitment to the long-neglected areas of brain and mind disorders, pursuing genuine partnerships with the wider community as a vital part of their research and activities.

We come to you!

headspace Gosford look forward to visiting your school or organisation. headspace resources are available upon request also.

headspace Gosford have a range of presentations on all youth mental health topics that can be delivered to students at your school by members of our Youth Access and Community Engagement Teams.

The topics include:

An introduction to Mental Health

Tips for a Healthy headspace

Meet headspace

Stress

Bullying

Anxiety

Depression

Body Image and Eating Disorders

Understanding Grief

We can also come along with our "playground pop up shop" at recess or lunchtime, to informally hand out information to students and chat with students that may have questions about our services and their own mental health.

We also have resources including fact sheets, brochures and other collateral we can bring along to hand out to the students.

At headspace Gosford we seek to provide an excellent service for young people coming into our service.

We value and encourage your comments about the quality of our service and will actively seek to change our service based on your feedback.

If you would like to provide us with feedback, please use the suggestion box provided. We are also keen to hear from the family and friends of the young people attending our service.

If you feel we could improve any aspect of our service, please seek us out and let us know. In the first instance, talk to the staff member involved, or you can also ask to speak to our Clinical Lead or Manager.

We acknowledge the Aboriginal People who are the Traditional Custodians of the land, and pay respect to the Aboriginal Elders – both past and present.

headspace Gosford is committed to diversity and social inclusion. This includes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander’s, people who identify as LGBTI, people of all ages, people with a disability and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

There’s no shame in asking for support. For wellbeing and mental health concerns, please call headspace Gosford on 4304 7870

Below are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community health services and programs on the Central Coast that you may find useful:

Information and resources

headspace would like to acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia’s First People and Traditional Custodians. We value their cultures, identities, and continuing connection to country, waters, kin and community. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and are committed to making a positive contribution to the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people, by providing services that are welcoming, safe, culturally appropriate and inclusive.

headspace is committed to embracing diversity and eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of health services. headspace welcomes all people irrespective of ethnicity, lifestyle choice, faith, sexual orientation and gender identity.